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Draft Selections
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (DET)
James Pearce Jr.
DE-EDGE Tennessee
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Andrew Mukuba Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (DET)
Andrew Mukuba
S Texas
Oluwafemi Oladejo Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 3 (DET)
Oluwafemi Oladejo
LB-EDGE UCLA
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (DET)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (DET)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
KeAndre Lambert-Smith Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (DET)
KeAndre Lambert-Smith
WR Auburn
Luke Lachey Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (DET)
Luke Lachey
TE Iowa
Bilhal Kone Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DET)
Bilhal Kone
CB Western Michigan
Draft Picks Received
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NYG)
James Pearce Jr.
DE-EDGE Tennessee
Andrew Mukuba Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (NYG)
Andrew Mukuba
S Texas
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (NYG)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Draft Picks Traded
Shavon Revel Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (NYG)
Shavon Revel Jr.
CB East Carolina
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Lions did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B.

The Lions spent real capital to be 36 picks early on Oluwafemi Oladejo, and the board is going to hold them to it. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

On value alone, Starks makes the weekend a net positive. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped linebacker, which is a strange place to end up.

Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.

Pick Analysis
Pick34 Rnd2 James Pearce Jr.
A top-tier edge rusher at a bargain, James Pearce Jr. in Round 2, Pick 2, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick60 Rnd2 Malaki Starks
Malaki Starks at the 60th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick99 Rnd3 Andrew Mukuba
They read the board right and Andrew Mukuba was the payoff at pick No. 99. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick102 Rnd3 Oluwafemi Oladejo
This one needs a full-page explanation: Oluwafemi Oladejo in No. 102, miles early. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick130 Rnd4 Jake Majors
Jake Majors at the 130th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick154 Rnd5 Luke Kandra
Luke Kandra in slot 154 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick196 Rnd6 KeAndre Lambert-Smith
KeAndre Lambert-Smith in the 196th pick is fair value, right on his grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick228 Rnd7 Luke Lachey
They robbed the room for Luke Lachey here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The roster fit checks out.
Pick244 Rnd7 Bilhal Kone
A tidy bit of business in pick 244, where Bilhal Kone graded well above the range. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.